The original "Postscript of Searching for God": During the reign of Emperor Jin 'an, the official of the Hou Dynasty was grateful, with few parents and no relatives, and was raised by his neighbors. By the age of seventeen or eighteen, I will be respectful and self-controlled and not illegal. When I first left home, I didn't have a wife, but my neighbor * * * thought about it, and the rule was to marry a woman, but I didn't get it. Lie down at night and get up early, work hard and don't give up day and night. After that, I got a big snail under the city, such as a three-liter pot. Think of the foreign body, return to danger, and store it in the urn. Livestock for ten days. When I arrive at the wild every morning, I find that there is food and soup in the house, if someone does it. It is also said that neighbors benefit from it. After a few days, I thanked my neighbor. The neighbor said, "I didn't do anything right at first, so why thank you?" At the end, he said that his neighbor didn't mean what he meant, but he counted it. Later, he asked more truthfully. The neighbor laughed and said, "Your wife has taken care of herself and cooked in the room, so I am cooking for it." End silently suspicious, I don't know why. After crowing, he went out and sneaked back early. He peeked at his home outside the fence and saw a girl coming out of the urn and lighting a fire under the stove. When you get to the entrance, you can see the snail in the urn, but you can see the woman. But he went to the kitchen and asked, "Where did the bride come from and cook for each other?" Confused, she wanted to return it to the urn, but she couldn't go. She replied, "I am in Hanzhong and Baishui Sunv. The Emperor of Heaven mourned Qing's loneliness, being respectful and cautious, so he gave me the right to cook for the house. In ten years, I made Qing rich and married, so I should go there. And Qing secretly peeped at me for no reason. I have seen my shape, so I should not stay, so I should go to the Committee. , although, since then when less bad. Diligent in farming, fishing to cure life. Leave this shell to store rice grains, and you can't be short of it. " Please stay, but you won't. When it rains and winds, it dies suddenly. End for the establishment of the throne, seasonal sacrifice. If you live a long time, you will not be rich. So the villagers took their wives as their wives. After the official to make a long cloud. Motome Temple is also in this way.

Translation:

During the Jin Dynasty, there was an orphan named Xie Duan in Houguan County. His parents died when he was very young and his kind neighbors adopted him. Xie Duan was honest, hardworking and thrifty. When he was seventeen or eighteen, he didn't want to give his neighbors any more trouble, so he built a small house on the hillside and lived independently. Because his family is poor, he has never married a wife. Neighbors are very concerned about him, and they have helped him with matchmaking several times, but they have not succeeded.

Xie Duan was not disappointed by this. He still farmed at sunrise and went home at sunset every day, working hard. One day, he found a very big snail in the field. He was very surprised and happy. He took it home, put it in a water tank and carefully raised it with water.

One day, Xie Duan went to work in the field as usual in the morning, but when he came home, he found delicious rice on the stove, delicious fish and vegetables in the cupboard, and boiling hot water in the teapot. He thought that some kind neighbor must have helped him cook.

Unexpectedly, it was like this when I came back the next day. Two days, three days ... Every day, Xie Duan felt guilty and went to the neighbor's house to thank him. He went to many homes, and his neighbors said they didn't do it. Why thank him? Xie Duan thought, this must be the kindness of his neighbor, and he just thanked him again and again. The neighbors smiled and said, "You must have married a wife yourself, hid her at home and cooked for you." Xie Duan listened to my heart and wondered. He couldn't think of a clue, so he wanted to find out.

The next day, the rooster crowed all over the place. As usual, Xie Duan went down to work with a hoe. At dawn, he hurried home to see which kind-hearted person it was. He saw from a distance that the chimney on his roof was smoking, so he stepped up to see for himself who was cooking. But when he crept close to the crack of the door and looked in, there was no movement at home. When he walked in, he saw the food on the table was fragrant, the fire in the kitchen was still burning, and the water was boiling in the pot. Before he could scoop it up, the enthusiastic cook disappeared.

One day goes by. Xie Duan got up early again, the cock crowed in the fields, and went home before dawn. Before the smoke from the kitchen rose, Xie Duan quietly approached the fence and hid in the dark, watching everything in his room with rapt attention. After a while, he finally saw a beautiful young girl coming out of the water tank slowly, and her clothes were not slightly wet because of the water. The girl moved to the front of the stove and began to cook and cook.

Xie Duan saw it really, and quickly ran into the door and walked to the water tank. When he saw it, the field snail he had picked up was only an empty shell. He looked at the empty shell again and again in surprise, then went to the stove and said to the young girl who was cooking, "Excuse me, girl, where are you from?" Why do you want to help me cook? " The girl didn't expect Xie Duan to appear at this time. She was surprised and didn't know what to do when she heard him cross-examine her origin. The young girl wanted to go back to the water tank, but Xie Duan blocked her way. Xie Duan repeatedly asked, the young girl had no choice but to tell him the truth. It turns out that this girl is Motome, the water in the sky. Knowing that Xie Duan's parents died when he was a child, the Emperor of Heaven sympathized with him and saw that he was diligent and frugal, so he sent a goddess to help him. Motome Shui added, "The Heaven Emperor sent me to earth to cook and do housework for you. I want you to get rich, get married and marry a good wife in ten years, and then I will go back to heaven to reply. But now my mission has not been completed, but you know the secret. My identity has been exposed. Even if you promise not to tell, it will inevitably be known by others. I can't stay here any longer. I must go back to heaven. " Xie Duan listened to the fairy's words, thanked him very much, and regretted it in his heart. He repeatedly invited Motome to stay. Shui Motome made up his mind. Before he left, Shui Motome said to Xie Duan, "After I leave, your life will be harder, but as long as you do farm work well, fish more and chop more firewood, your life will get better day by day. I'll leave you the snail shell, and you can use it to store grain, which will keep the rice alive and the rice in the shell will not be used up. " While talking, I saw a strong wind outside the house, and then it rained heavily. In the rain, Motome floated away after the last sentence.

Grateful for the kindness of the goddess, I specially built an idol for her and went to burn incense and thank humbly on holidays. And he relied on hard-working hands and the help of the goddess, and his days became more and more prosperous every day. A few years later, he married his wife and developed his career, and he was elected as a county magistrate. In order to thank Motome for his water, Xie Duan set up a temple, which is today's Motome Temple.